HH Magazine - 29 May 2012
Christophe Roulet
The eighteenth century saw the city rise to prominence as a centre for watchmaking, which goes some way to explaining the philosopher's ideas.
In 2009, Geneva commemorated 500 years since the birth of John Calvin (1509-1564), the French theologian and principle figure of the Protestant Reformation whose teachings were instrumental to the development of watchmaking in his adoptive city. Three years later, another famous son gives Geneva cause to celebrate, namely Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The anniversary of his birth in 1712 gives the lakeside city ample pretext to pay a twelve-month tribute to the multiple talents of the writer, philosopher and composer who made his mark on the very foundations of the Republic (...)
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